"The Red Cross report said the trigger was believed to have been the body of a Mongbwalu resident "who died and was placed in a coffin purchased in Bunia, which was then replaced by another in Mongbwalu."
US researchers: February outbreak is plausible
The funeral that brought various people into direct contact with the body and the contaminated coffin is believed to have been the cause of a rising number of infections and deaths that were subsequently observed in Mongbwalu and Bunia.
But from the data available, it is not possible to confirm without doubt that these deaths were related to the Bundibugyo virus."
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